July 2012 by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC

Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC and Behavioral Consultant for the Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, gives a wonderful presentation at the 2012 ASPCA/Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Conference on Stress Reduction for Shelter Dogs. You'll learn about the stress response as well as various strategies for reducing the stress experienced by dogs in a shelter environment.

About Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC

Kelley Bollen is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant with a Master's degree in Animal Behavior, who has specialized in shelter behavioral care for the past 12 years. Ms. Bollen currently serves as the Behavior Consultant for Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. In this role, she teaches shelter medicine residents and interns and veterinary students about animal behavior as it relates to the shelter environment. Ms. Bollen is also the owner/director of Animal Alliances, LLC, an animal behavior consulting business that helps private pet owners with problem behaviors, conducts educational seminars for veterinary staff and consults with animal shelters across the country to help them address such things as stress reduction, environmental enrichment, safe animal handling and canine behavior assessments. In her previous position as the Behaviorist for the Massachusetts SPCA, Ms. Bollen conducted published research on the reliability of shelter dog behavior evaluations.